At the time when Spain was squeezing their heart because the penalties were approaching in the semifinal of the Women's Euro Cup, Aitana Bonmati appeared on the right side to score an almost miraculous goal and with that place the Spanish team for the first time in its history in the final of this tournament, where it will face England.

The victim was the powerful German squad, which throughout the match opted to extend the game until the penalty kicks so that its great figure, the goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger, could enhance her image and catapult the Teutons to another final.

But in the vision of Aitana who entered as a relief in the second half things were planned differently and with that conviction in the 113th minute of extra time She broke through on the right wing and, with almost no angle to shoot, put the ball in at the German goalkeeper's near post to take the lead that would put Spain in their first major final of this tournament on the Old Continent.

Because suddenly time seemed to stand still, while Aitana began the celebration with her teammates in front of the astonished faces of the German defenders who came into the match with a dominant streak over the Spanish of ten matches of this nature and who for that reason were once again giving the Teutons as favorites.

In this way, Spain will compete for the European title next Sunday with England, who in turn dispatched the complicated Italian squad and in this way There will be a new champion in this competition where football quality abounded.

The match

Ultimately, the squad of Athenea Del Castillo, Salma Paralluelo, Cristina Martín-Prieto, and Aitana justified the efforts of all their teammates after battling for 120 minutes with a powerful rival and where the Spanish team, although it is true, took control of the match with a line of five in the midfield, The reality is that the Germans always remained crouched waiting for some mistake from the Spanish.

For that reason, it took the Iberians 20 minutes to trouble Berger's goal for the first time, when a cross from Olga that the Kett defender could not clear allowed Esther to volley a ball that went into the hands of the German goalkeeper.

Afterwards, the game fell into an inconsequential slumber and it was not until the last minutes of the first half that they once again recovered their offensive memory and Paredes let a header that Alexia had combed slip away.

Afterwards, Alexia herself crashed a ball into one of the posts when the Spanish wanted to go into the break with the lead, but once again Germany remained firm and closed so that these hesitations had a negative outcome.

Scares for Spain

For the second half Spain came out sleepy and the Germans looked to give them an unpleasant surprise that was on the verge of becoming a tragedy, but little by little and despite the support for the German team at the Stadio Letzigrund, little by little with the help of Olga and Ona they began to react to provoke two approaches that were on the verge of beating Berger's goal.

The first in a shot to Batlle's face and the other with a shot from Aitana that was sent to the ring for the second half in search of being the revival that the Spanish team was waiting for in search of their first final.

But Spain with that Offensive momentum almost led to hara-kiri with two errors from Mariona that allowed the Germans to do damage with attacks from Buhl, but in the end they were controlled and it was all a mere scare.

As time went on and the end of normal time approached, the duel stopped being tactical and became a duel of power and strength, where the better physical preparation and inventiveness of each team would mark the dividends of each squad in the rest of the actions.

But in the end, with both squads drawing strength from weakness, they tried to avoid penalties, especially Spain, so that in a moment of inspiration from Aitana she would propel her teammates to the glory of their first final in their history. of a Women's Euro Cup.